Plus, you will get a black eye with the building department, and ANY future job will get extra scrutiny.

I'm an aspiring investor with an eye towards buy and hold rental properties.

I'd like to go into this with my eyes open (and my loins girded). 

Oh, and BP has been a big eye opener as I already stated.I look forward to participating on the forum, and if you are in the Cincinnati area give me a shout!

During the early days, weeks, and months of living in this house, I would curse the name of not only my real estate agents but the lady who oversaw the project of a house that was falling apart in front of our very eyes.  

I'll definitely be keeping my eyes peeled for one I'm able to attend.

I would suggest setting up keyword alerts for your area so you can keep an eye out for local meet-ups.

Investors need to run their numbers thru the lenders' eyes because that's how you can partner up with them to buy deals.

We learned a lot, and now a long-standing eye sore is a cute house with a nice family living in it.

One tip for starting out in your are  is while you are starting out and saving money for your investments, start driving / visiting areas you would like to invest in so you get a feel for prices, rents , house conditions etc, and visit and look at lots of homes and open houses so your eye get used to looking at repairs / upgrades that are normal in a particular market.